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Spark Joy

An Illustrated Guide to the Japanese Art of Tidying

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Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Spark Joy by Marie Kondo, read by Sumalee Montano. This edition includes a bonus PDF of reference materials.

Spark Joy is an in-depth, line illustrated, room-by-room guide to decluttering and organising your home. It covers every room in the house from bedrooms and kitchens to bathrooms and living rooms as well as a wide range of items in different categories, including clothes, photographs, paperwork, books, cutlery, cosmetics, shoes, bags, wallets and valuables. Charming line drawings explain how to properly organise drawers, wardrobes, cupboards and cabinets. The illustrations also show Ms Kondo’s unique folding method, clearly showing how to fold anything from shirts, trousers and jackets to skirts, socks and bras.

The secret to Marie Kondo’s unique and simple KonMari tidying method is to focus on what you want to keep, not what you want to get rid of. Ask yourself if something ‘sparks joy’ and suddenly it becomes so much easier to understand if you really need it in your home and your life. When you surround yourself with things you love you will find that your whole life begins to change.

Marie Kondo’s first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, presents her unique tidying philosophy and introduces readers to the basics of her KonMari method. It has already transformed the homes and lives of millions of people around the world. Spark Joy is Marie Kondo’s in-depth tidying masterclass, focusing on the detail of how to declutter and organise your home.

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Critic reviews

Its strength is its simplicity. (Richard Lloyd Parry)
All hail the new decluttering queen Marie Kondo, whose mess-busting bestseller has prompted a craze for tidying in homes across the world ... one proper clear out is all you need for the rest of your life.
Do I love it? If not, chuck it. Marie Kondo promises that by following her KonMari Method I will be a neatnik, forever ... I decide The Life-changing Magic of Tidying will become my bible. (Brigid Moss)
[It is] enough to salute Kondo for her recognition of something quietly profound: that mess is often about unhappiness, and that the right kind of tidying can be a kind of psychotherapy for the home as well as for the people in it.
The tidiness regimen prescribed by Japanese author Marie Kondo is a great idea. It’s so great that maybe we need to expand its reach
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Great book. Helps you to look at your home and belongings in a different light. listened to this whilst packing up my home ready to move. I have reduced the volume of things I am taking and it was easy!

Rethink your belongings!

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I listened to this book & feel completely inspired! Having already adopted her folding technique for my clothes, and starting to de clutter a year & a half ago with along road ahead, this has really inspired me to pursue her method throughout my whole house! I cannot wait to get started 😍

Inspiring! 😍

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appreciate what you keep is the main message. I sometimes need a reminder and this did the trick

nice book to remind me to appreciate

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it is a self help book that works. I even lost lots of weight once I'd Tidied with joy

helped me with some good decisions

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Enjoyed thoroughly. Hope there’s another book to follow. Post- decluttering and keeping on top of things.

Lovely pace & very motivating

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